Joshua:3

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* And Joshua rose early in the morning ; and they removed from Shittim , and came to Jordan , he and all the children of Israel Yisra #el #, and lodged there before they passed over . * And it came to pass after three days , that the officers went through the host ; * And they commanded the people , saying , When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God , and the priests the Levites bearing it , then ye shall remove from your place , and go after it . * Yet there shall be a space between you and it , about two thousand cubits by measure : come not near unto it , that ye may know the way by which ye must go : for ye have not passed this way heretofore t @mowl #. * And Joshua said unto the people , Sanctify yourselves : for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you . * And Joshua spake unto the priests , saying , Take up the ark of the covenant , and pass over before the people . And they took up the ark of the covenant , and went before the people . * And the LORD said unto Joshua , This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel Yisra #el #, that they may know that , as I was with Moses , so I will be with thee . * And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant , saying , When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan , ye shall stand still in Jordan . * And Joshua said unto the children of Israel Yisra #el #, Come hither , and hear the words of the LORD your God . * And Joshua said , Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you , and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites K @na #aniy #, and the Hittites , and the Hivites , and the Perizzites , and the Girgashites , and the Amorites , and the Jebusites . * Behold , the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan . * Now therefore take you twelve sh @nayim # men out of the tribes of Israel Yisra #el #, out of every tribe a man . * And it shall come to pass , as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD , the Lord of all the earth , shall rest in the waters of Jordan , that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above ma #al #; and they shall stand upon an heap . * And it came to pass , when the people removed from their tents , to pass over Jordan , and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people ; * And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan , and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water , (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest , ) * That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam , that is beside Zaretan : and those that came down toward the sea of the plain , even the salt sea , failed , and were cut off : and the people passed over right against Jericho . * And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan , and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground , until all the people were passedclean over Jordan .

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